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The blue dragon, pictured at Bob Hall Pier, is a type of sea slug and can be found on the surface of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world.
Although these sea slugs live on the open ocean, they sometimes accidentally wash up onto the shore, so they may be found on beaches. [10] In April 2022, specimens were found in the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas coast. [19] On August 31, 2023, blue sea slugs were reported to be found along Karon Beach, Phuket, Thailand. [20] [21]
Spring breakers flocking to TX beaches this month could stumble upon a sight many have never seen — a bright blue and silver sea slug known as the blue dragon.
Glaucus is a genus of small blue pelagic sea slugs.They are aeolid nudibranchs, [1] ranging in size from 20 to 40 mm (0.79 to 1.57 in). [2] They feed on colonial cnidarians such as Portuguese man o' wars, blue buttons, and purple sails.
A venomous sea creature probably isn't high on your must-see list when on a beach vacation. But that's exactly what happened to one San Antonio resident as she explored the Gulf Coast.
Porpita porpita, or the blue button, is a marine organism consisting of a colony of hydroids [2] found in the warmer, tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Pacific, [3] Atlantic, and Indian oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Arabian Sea. [4] It was first identified by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, under the basionym Medusa porpita.
Pteraeolidia ianthina is a sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Facelinidae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is known as a blue dragon , [ 4 ] a name it shares with Glaucus atlanticus and Glaucus marginatus .
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